A woman is treated by police and paramedics before she's taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital for injuries police characterized at a puncture wound. Police said another person was killed and another injured during an attack Monday afternoon at 157 Myrtle Ave., Albany. (Tom Heffernan / Times Union)

A woman is treated by police and paramedics before she's taken to...

A woman is treated by police and paramedics before she's taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital for injuries police characterized at a puncture wound. Police said another person was killed and another injured during an attack Monday afternoon at 157 Myrtle Ave., Albany. (Tom Heffernan / Times Union)

A woman is treated by police and paramedics before she's taken to...

Scene at 157 Myrtle Ave. (house on right) where police confirmed one person is dead and two others were injured after an attack at 2:30 pm on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Scene at 157 Myrtle Ave. (house on right) where police confirmed...

Albany police officer Steven Smith talks to the press at the scene at 157 Myrtle Ave. (house just left of officer's face) where he confirmed one person is dead and two others were injured after an attack at 2:30 pm on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Albany police officer Steven Smith talks to the press at the scene...

Authorities gather at the scene of a fatal attack at 157 Myrtle Ave., in Albany where, police said, two other people were sent to the hospital with "puncture" wounds. (Tom Heffernan / Special to the Times Union)

Authorities gather at the scene of a fatal attack at 157 Myrtle...

Scene at 157 Myrtle Ave. (house on right) where police confirmed one person is dead and two others were injured after an attack at 2:30 pm on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Scene at 157 Myrtle Ave. (house on right) where police confirmed...

Police look for evidence outside of 157 Myrtle Ave. (house on right) where police confirmed one person is dead and two others were injured after an attack at 2:30 pm on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Police look for evidence outside of 157 Myrtle Ave. (house on...

Michael D. Anderson, 29, of Albany, is suspected in connection with a homicide that occurred at 157 Myrtle Ave., Albany.
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Police Chief Steven Krokoff said the victims were all females, but no ages were available. One of the victims was found outside the apartment house and was pronounced dead at the scene. The two others, who were inside, suffered serious wounds and were in surgery Monday evening.

"None of the injuries were superficial," Krokoff said.

Police are searching for Michael D. Anderson, 29, of Albany, who police suspect is behind the stabbings. Police gave no motive for the violent attack, but a source familiar with the investigation said it was not random and that Anderson knew at least one of the victims.

The attack occurred at 2:30 p.m. in an apartment near Lincoln Park, just a block away from Empire State Plaza. Krokoff described the injuries as puncture wounds caused by a knife or other object. The weapon has not been found.

Police blocked off Myrtle Avenue and Dove Street throughout the afternoon, making it difficult for state workers to get to their cars parked on the street and neighbors returning home from work. The neighborhood consists mainly of two-story apartment houses with a plumbing business located on the corner of Myrtle and South Swan.

Police were awaiting a search warrant Monday night to get inside the apartment. Meanwhile, investigators reconstructed the crime scene that spilled outside of the building. Police set up large construction lights to illuminate the sidewalk and street as darkness fell.

Details of the investigation were not available.

"This was such a chaotic scene," Krokoff said of the attack. "We have to make sure we have the right facts before we put them out there."

But Krokoff added, "I feel confident that we will have a conclusion on this."